Cyprus, As I Saw It In 1879 By Sir Samuel White Baker





















































 -  I believe this
property belonged to Mr. Mattei, and there could be no stronger example
of the power that should - Page 70
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I Believe This Property Belonged To Mr. Mattei, And There Could Be No Stronger Example Of The Power That Should Be Developed Throughout This Island To Render It Independent Of Precarious Seasons.

It is a simple question of a first outlay that is absolutely necessary to ensure the crops.

Throughout the barren plain of Messaria water exists in unfailing quantity within a few yards of the parched surface--thus at the same time that the crops are perishing from the want of rain, the roots are actually within a few feet of the desired supply. The cattle-wheels of Cyprus are very inferior to the sakyeeah of Egypt, but are arranged upon a similar principle, by a chain of earthenware pots or jars upon a rope and wheel, which, revolving above a deep cistern, ascend from the depth below, and deliver the water into a trough or reservoir upon the surface. From the general reservoir small watercourses conduct the stream to any spot desired. This is the most ancient system of artificial irrigation by machinery, and it is better adapted for the requirements of this country than any expensive European inventions. As I shall devote a chapter specially to the all-important question of irrigation, I shall postpone further remarks upon the cattle-wheel; but the farm in question which formed a solitary green oasis in the vast expanse of withered surface was a sufficient example of the necessity, and of the fruitful result of this simple and inexpensive method.

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